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Re: st: duplicated datetime variable differs from original datetime variable it was derived from
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Phil Clayton <[email protected]>
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Re: st: duplicated datetime variable differs from original datetime variable it was derived from
Date
Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:33:59 +1100
Dates with times need to be stored in double precision. Try:
gen double time1=time
See -help datetime-
Phil
On 12 Nov 2013, at 10:25 pm, Milena Przheska <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Statalist members,
>
> When duplicating a time variable by typing
>
> gen time1 =time
>
> the new variable time1 is off by several seconds from the variable time, so
>
> time
> 06jun2012 22:44:51
> 06jun2012 22:44:54
> 06jun2012 22:44:56
> 07jun2012 01:39:58
> 07jun2012 01:40:05
> 07jun2012 01:40:45
> 07jun2012 03:09:48
> 07jun2012 03:09:48
> 07jun2012 03:11:06
>
> becomes
>
> time1
> 06jun2012 22:45:17
> 06jun2012 22:45:17
> 06jun2012 22:45:17
> 07jun2012 01:40:03
> 07jun2012 01:40:03
> 07jun2012 01:40:03
> 07jun2012 03:09:37
> 07jun2012 03:09:37
> 07jun2012 03:11:48
>
>
> I would appreciate your help with resolving this problem.
>
> Thank you all,
> Milena
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